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Ways To Help Your Dancers At Performance Time

Spring recitals are coming up, so how can we help our very young dancers to be able to enjoy performances rather than dread them? Some children are born performers and it doesn’t faze them at all to get out on …

The Key to Getting Your Students to Follow Your Lead is Re…

As a dance teacher, the most important thing you need to receive from your students is respect. Without it they will not listen as well, take your corrections as well and follow your lead as well. Good leadership is the …

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Musical Theatre for Preteen Series: PART III: Helpful Hints…

Welcome to our last article in our musical theatre for preteen series! Hopefully you have found some great ways to adapt the information to best showcase and train your students! In this article I’d like to wrap up with some …

What Type of Business Should I Be?

Many new business owners, those thinking of starting a new business as well as those who already have an existing business always ask what type of business entity is best for them. There is no clear cut answer, but the …

What Is Value?

What is value? Stop and think about that for a few minutes. What does it mean to you? Turns out that one question... "What is value?"... Can take you down some very interesting paths. In the dance studio business, most …

Testing Your Students Knowledge

How valuable is it to test your students to find out exactly how much they have absorbed?

Q & A With Angela DValda Sirico

Q. How can I improve my student’s technique?

Empowering Your Dancers To Perform

In these days of computers and cell phones, teens very often struggle with face to face communication. This can be a problem in daily life but it becomes magnified when communicating with an audience is called for. The time that …

5 Tips That Create Radiant Skin For The Teacher Or Student!

Winter means shorter days and longer nights in twinkling lights! Whether you’re in low light, candlelight or the spotlight it’s time to highlight and these tips will make sure you or your students look dazzling!

The Discipline Of Gratitude

Over the years I’ve noticed a direct correlation between the amount of GRATITUDE I have during the day and how those days go for me. I’ve also noticed that the more gratitude I have in my life and the more …

The Nutrition Needs of a Serious Dancer: How to Stay Health…

I’ve often written about keeping dancers healthy during summer dance intensives, but in fact dancers go through many intense training periods during the year as they prepare for and participate in performances, competitions and auditions.

14 Ways To Present A Positive Image

I am a big believer in the impression you give to your class, and your employer, is a big factor in the treatment you will receive back. Your success in what you do you will have a direct correlation between …

Musical Theatre for Preteen Series: PART II: Across the Flo…

Welcome back! In our last article we began to look at the breakdown of a great center-warm up for your preteen musical theatre dancers which will start to prepare them for across the floor, center combinations and full-length performance pieces! …

Present your Studio in the Best Tax Light

Tax season is upon us! So what do you need to do to make sure you have all the right records in your file cabinet? Your goal is to be as accurate as possible and keep the necessary documents to …